Brent Burns
Age 41 · Shoots right · 6′5″ · 228 lb · Born Barrie, Ontario, CAN
Drafted 2003, #20 overall by Minnesota
2025-262025-26: 82 games, 12-23-35, 0.43 points per game Season detail →
Brent Burns has 1 point in 2 games of 2026-27, after 35 points in 82 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample1 point in 2 games for the 9th-placed Colorado
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Colorado's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
11 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 67th percentile of defencemen: 85.98 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.13vs
STL3 Oct · 3rd 01:51 - 19.29vsSTL3 Oct · 1st 16:49
- 18.91vs
LAK30 Sep · 2nd 08:59 - 18.44vsLAK30 Sep · 2nd 08:52
- 18.09vsLAK30 Sep · 2nd 04:56
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 85.98vsSTL3 Oct · 3rd 09:59
- 83.06vsSTL3 Oct · 2nd 10:25
- 81.86vsSTL3 Oct · 1st 02:10
- 78.60vsSTL3 Oct · 2nd 01:30
- 77.64vsSTL3 Oct · 1st 06:15
- 72.95vsSTL3 Oct · 1st 12:33
- 63.71vsSTL3 Oct · 3rd 15:11
- 62.59vsSTL3 Oct · 3rd 15:04
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 1.82vsSTL3 Oct · 13:10 TOI
- 2.23vsLAK30 Sep · 15:23 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.02 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Winnipeg, a point in one of four
WPGL 2-40002015:00WPGW 3-20003017:36WPGL 1-30002−114:06WPGW 3-21011+216:57STLW 6-10002−113:10LAKW 8-40110015:23Priced at 6.0% for a point tonight
From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.
Kalshi
Polymarket
ProphetXSnapshot 7 Oct, 10:12 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
35 points in 82 games on a team that finished 1st
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.4). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Colorado's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Clutch numbers to match the totals
How the 12 goals and 23 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
5 of 12 goals broke a tie; 3 came with Colorado trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
414 attempts across the 83 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersDistance per 60 in the 72nd percentile of defencemen: 8.68 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (32 of 82)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Winnipeg, a point in one of four
WPGL 2-40002015:00WPGW 3-20003017:36WPGL 1-30002−114:06WPGW 3-21011+216:57
SEAW 2-00111+117:14
CGYW 3-10000020:29
EDMW 2-1 SO0002+121:40
VGKOTL 2-3 OT0002018:52CGYW 3-10113018:34STLW 3-10003019:14STLL 2-31123+117:59
DALW 2-00002018:16
VANL 6-81121+119:09CGYW 9-20003+116:43STLW 6-10002−113:10LAKW 8-40110015:23Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Priced at 6.0% for a point tonight
From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.
Snapshot 7 Oct, 10:12 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 41.2 points per $1M of cap hit, 2nd of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.
With Colorado
Two seasons · 2025-26 to 2026-27112th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTwenty-three seasons, with 4 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct